Blade Scout CX RTF 3-Ch Heli

Item Description

Engineered by professionals in RC heli overall performance. The impressive Blade Scout CX might possibly only weigh a tiny over half an ounce (17 grams) but it will have you flying circles about other helis like it.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.9 x 7.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B005KP1E14
• Item model number: 2700
• Manufacturer recommended age: 10 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: 5,100 in Toys ; Games (See Top 100 in Toys ; Games)
• 59 inToys ; Games Hobbies Radio Control Helicopters

By : BLADE
Price : $49.99
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Item Attributes

• Engineered by authorities in RC helicopter performance
• Advanced two.4GHz radio manage lets several helis fly at the similar time
• Computerized Piezo gyro for excellent directional control and stability
• Proportional rotor head servo for smooth, precise manage response
• Replacement parts readily available to maintain your Scout CX flying like new

Client Reviews

I've had a Syma S107 for the last nine months so that is what I have to evaluate it to. The Blade is smaller and lighter. It really is a great deal more stable although hovering. It has a swashplate, like a true helicopter, rather than a tail rotor for pitch manage. Like most compact R/C helicopters, it has yaw control but will not crab (at least not when you want it to).
Forward flight is especially slow, slower than the S107, slower than a walk. It would be less complicated to fly than the S107 except for one annoying quirk. If you happen to be going straight ahead, then move the cyclic to neutral to go into a hover, this thing crabs to the left and slightly backwards. Not just a bit, but maybe a foot or two. Adequate to run into whatever it was you were trying to prevent when you told it to go into a hover. This is not a fatal flaw, and wouldn't maintain me from acquiring this helo, but it positive does take some receiving implemented to. It is uncomplicated to trim, and the trim holds well.
Charging is from the controller's battery. The S107 charged from a separate USB cable, which I appreciated given that it saved the controller battery. Charging and run time are both fine.
A single factor I definitely like about this helo, while I haven't had a opportunity to genuinely test it, is that it seems really sturdy. The S107 has these small plastic nubs for the gyro linkage that broke off inside a handful of weeks, and needed replacing the complete upper rotor assembly and inner shaft. The nubs on the Blade appear considerably sturdier, and improved however, there is a spare nub on the rotor in case you break 1. The body looks much flimsier than the S107 but I don't consider that is where you're going to get serious damage. The rotor blades are thin inexpensive plastic and are already acquiring pitted but it looks like they'll be effortless and low-cost to replace when the time comes (but ask me again in a couple months).
So far I am completely satisified with this bird but time will tell.
UPDATE: Two months later
Like the plastic nubs on the S107, the Blade has its own Achilles heel. The upper rotor has two thin plastic pins that go into the shaft assembly. As the rotor pitch alterations, the rotor swivels on these pins. In two months I've had to replace the upper rotors twice when these pins broke off. But it's nevertheless improved than the S107. These pins don't appear to break as easily as the S107 nubs, and when they do, they are both less expensive and less difficult to replace. If you crash as considerably as I do, it really is a fine notion to keep a couple of spare upper rotors on hand.
As for the tendency to slide back and left when going from forward motion to hover, this is apparently a mild form of "toilet bowl syndrome" and can be reduced by keeping the above talked about swivels clean. It occurs when the upper rotor angle doesn't transform swiftly sufficient in response to gyro input. My residence has enough cat hair lying around that it tends to foul the pins.

I have never ever owned a flying RC of any sort. A buddy had a micro Helicopter and let me try it out. I was hooked. I am a latest and greatest type of gadget guy, so I researched this little guy and discovered it to be just what I wanted. I anxiously awaited its arrival. I have been flying it at least 3 instances a day, each day for the final month. Simple and easy to study good product support. I am now shopping for a a great deal more advanced model!